The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

I have just applied for my state pension online. Quick and easy to do. Hopefully o won't have any of the problems that others have had when applying. Roll on March

Must get myself registered for the Government gateway thing soon. Never really needed it so far. Think the last time I looked you either needed a passport or your P60 which I hadn’t kept. Should get another one in April I presume so might do it then.

 

[welsh dragon]

Must get myself registered for the Government gateway thing soon. Never really needed it so far. Think the last time I looked you either needed a passport or your P60 which I hadn’t kept. Should get another one in April I presume so might do it then.

It's quick and easy to do. I did it about 7 years ago now.

I don't remember having to have either of them.

 

[Dave7]

It's quick and easy to do. I did it about 7 years ago now.

I don't remember having to have either of them.

I don't recall ever seeing that phrase..
what is it ?
Who can benefit ?

 

[Dave7]

I watched The good, the bad and the ugly last night.
Forgotten how good it was.

 

[welsh dragon]

I watched The good, the bad and the ugly last night.
Forgotten how good it was.

I watched the hitmans bodyguard on film 4. It was really good

 

[Dave7]

I watched the hitmans bodyguard on film 4. It was really good

Got that recorded......look forward to watching it.

 

[Dirk]

I have just applied for my state pension online. Quick and easy to do. Hopefully o won't have any of the problems that others have had when applying. Roll on March

Did you already have your letter?
MrsD tried to apply for hers this week, as she's 4 months off SP age, and was told she couldn't apply until the letter arrived.
The time limit was 6 months when I applied for mine.

 

[classic33]

Ah yes, sorry I remember your comments yesterday.

Now regular readers will recall Mrs P opened the "nice box of biscuits" she bought for Christmas. They the Tesco super extra chocolatey ones. All gone. I dutifully replaced these last Thursday.

This morning I went to the cupboard were we keep the Christmas food bits, cake, mince pies etc. Well!!!! Not only has Mrs P opened the second "nice box of biscuits for Christmas she has also opened the mince pies - we have two now.

This is punishable by death, at least, when the male of the species behaves like this.

Mrs P claims she needed the mince pies to take to bowling and share with her friends. 🤔🤔🤔

Remove her right to the remotes for one night for each mince pie now missing.

 

[welsh dragon]

Did you already have your letter?
MrsD tried to apply for hers this week, as she's 4 months off SP age, and was told she couldn't apply until the letter arrived.
The time limit was 6 months when I applied for mine.

On the gov. UK site you can apply up to 4 months before your actual date for getting your pension and you don't need to have received a letter.

I don't have a letter, but I wanted to get in early due to all the problems that some have had

 

[Dirk]

On the gov. UK site you can apply up to 4 months before your actual date for getting your pension and you don't need to have received a letter.

MrsD went on the site last week and tried. Went all through the process, only to be rejected. She rang them up and spoke to them personally - they said that she needed the letter.
Very odd.

 

[welsh dragon]

MrsD went on the site last week and tried. Went all through the process, only to be rejected. She rang them up and spoke to them personally - they said that she needed the letter.
Very odd.

Odd indeed.

 

[PaulSB]

I like Samsung stuff. Have a Samsung phone and tablet. I've had Samsung tablets forever. I don't like Apple stuff

I've had Apple and Android and prefer Android. I'll be getting a Samsung phone just a question of which one.

 

[PaulSB]

MrsD went on the site last week and tried. Went all through the process, only to be rejected. She rang them up and spoke to them personally - they said that she needed the letter.
Very odd.

Over a year since I did mine but I needed the letter but can't recall why.

 

[Mo1959]

I've had Apple and Android and prefer Android. I'll be getting a Samsung phone just a question of which one.

Conversely, I couldn’t take to Android. Nothing against Samsung though. The living room telly is Samsung and I love it.

 

[PaulSB]

Well looks as though Christmas is cancelled here. Eldest boy's partner has a positive LFT result, I've tested LFT positive at lunchtime and so we are both now waiting for PCR results. I'll be astonished if they are negative. I have no symptoms, she has a cough.

My main concern is for my granddaughter who I gave breakfast, changed and played with for two hours this morning. I should have had the brains to test before I collected her.